My love for green leaves

"Green leaves was my delight,

Green leaves was my heart of gold,

And who but my lovely green leaves..."

Leaf prints

I've started a new series of plates and platters, and I'm testing leaf imprinting, highlighted with faience engobe.


Just transparent glaze and black slip:

These are geranium leaves that grow in our pottery workshop

Four little teapots

This time I tried new spouts, cut open on top to see if the liquid pours better. Well, it does seem to work, but  judging from all the teapots I've tried out, the best spouts for pouring are the long "S" curved ones, are thick at the base and have a little lip to prevent the dripping. But these are the hardest to make.

That green is back

Since people were asking about it, I've redone quite a number of pieces in that bluish green that was my favourite three years ago. Well, as colors go, it portrays my mood nowdays: stormy blue and green.

 

 

Splashes and blotches 2

Splashes and blotches 1

Pots!

So nice to see a glaze finally working! It was superb on a tester, a catastrophe the first time on some bowls... that were still as bad glazed and fired a third time... and now I managed to apply the right layer of the stuff to have these hues of parme and green.




And this one is a slight intruder, being of a different glaze, but still from the same series of base and oxydes used.